Saturday

Afternoon storm on the way. 

The weather got quite dark and gusty on Friday afternoon, with a lot of lightning overnight, but today has turned into a lovely breezy day with clear blue skies. Millie and I have wandered along the foreshore this morning, chatting to swans and seagulls. 

We caught the ferry to Raymond Island and walked along the koala trail there. A colony of koalas was introduced to the island in the 1950s when they were just about extinct in the rest of Victoria. They seem to have thrived on the island. Mind you, we only saw two today, quite high up and asleep of course. If you want to see them doing much more, you need to come after dark with night goggles! That said, we have seen the occasional koala walking carefully and awkwardly across the road, their hindlegs look too long to walk comfortably on all fours. 

He's just below the centre of the photo, hiding behind a couple of long leaves. 

I think this one is a bit easier to see.  

Time to go back to the boat for a nap - these sleepy koalas must be contagious!